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B. PICKERING.

Carbureter.

No. 60,417. PatentedDe'c. 11, 1866. Z

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BARTON PIGKERING, or MILTON, OHIO.

Letters Patent No. 60,417, dated December 11, 1866; I

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TO ALILWHOM IT MAY CONCERN: p Be it known that I, BARTON PIcKEaINe, of Milton, in the county of 'Miami, i the State of Ohio, ha invented a new and improved machine for Generating Gas from Gasoline (a fluiddistilled from petroleum oil); and I do hereby declare that the following is a full and exact description thereof, reference being had to the accompanying drawings, and to the letters of reference marked thereon.

The nature of my inventionvconsistsin the construction of a generatingvessel of suitable material, having an extended surface exposed to the air, to which is supplied regularly the gasolincto be converted to gas; also in supplying the requisite amount of air by an air receiver, it being weighted sufiiciently to keep the gas receiver filled.

To enable others skilled in the art to make and use my inventiomlwill proceed to describe its construction and operation. v i I Figure 1 represents a side view of i the machinesnowing sectional parts 'of the same.

Figure 2 represents a sectional view of the gas receiver and the end of the generating vessel.

Similar letters of reference on the different figures represent like parts. i i

A represents a round vessel containing water, when in useyto the height of the red dotted lines. A" represents a receiving vessel for air, resting within the vessel A, and having guides to hold it in position, and having the lower end immersed in the water which is supplied through the orifice closed by the thumb-screw s,"and when supplied with air by its weight, forces the air through the ,tube 2, to the generating vessel D, The tube c has a stop-cock, 0 to close it. t represcnts a handle by which the vessel is raised. 13 B represents a receiving vesseLfor gas, being similar in construction to the vessels A A. The gas is received from the generating vessel D, through the tube 71, which has a stop-cock,'o. n, represents'a'part of tube through which the gas passes to the burnerl n, fig. 2, represents the cntir'e' tube, and shows its connection with an ordinary burner. 41. reprcL sents handle to raise the vessel B. G represents an air-tight vessel to contain gasoline, having-air. orifice closed by the thumb-screw 12, through which it is supplied. This vessel supplies the generating vessel D, through the tube 9, this tube having a stop-cock, o The tube f extends from the top oi the-vessel C, to a. point near the bottom of the vessel, D. D represents a vessel in which the air unites, with the gasoline to formgas. This vcsselhas a number of partitions which form air-tight compartments, These partitions have orifices at alter nate ends, through which the gasoline descends, and through which thc'air in an opposite direction ascends for the purpose of combining more efl'ectually the air and gasoline. {on the partitions'i ii, which are soldered ribs on which is placed course bagging, rope, or other suitable substance which will take up -the gasoline bycapillary attraction, and thereby expose it more thoroughly to the action of the atmosphere. The openings k is k are surrounded by thimbles, raised so that the gasoline willstand on each of the partitions to the heiglit indicated by the red dotted lines. This vessel is connected to the vessel by the tube to the vessel A by the tube e, and to the vessel B by the tube It. mreprescnts athumbescrcw by which the gasoline is drawnfrom the machine. 11 represents a bar with a ring, 1:, to hold it in position, the bar passirr'githroughopcnings attached to the receiving vessels, and by which the vessels A and B are prevented from raising out of position. The several vessels may be constructed of tin, iron, brass, or copper, of any desirable form' and size, only taking care to preserve substantially the same relations of the several tubes to each of the separate vessels.

The mode of charging and operating the machine is thus described: The bar 12 is first removed, and that V the receiving vessels A B are taken out The stop-cocks o o" 0 0- should'all be closed, The thumb-screw should be withdrawn and the vessel G filled with gasoline; then return the air receiver A" to its position, and

likewise the gas receiver 13', after filling the vessels A B with water to the'rcd dotted lines. Remove the burner and let the air escape, which is in the gas receiver, and when all the air is but put on the burner. Then open the stop-cocks o a; the air will ascend through the tube f, and consequently the gasoline will descend through the tube g, to the top of the generating vessel D, until the partitions or vessels 2' 2' 2' are successively filled to the dotted lines; andiwhen the fluid has arisen on the bottom to cover the tube the how ceases, because there is no longer a supply of mixed air or gasfor the vessel 0. When a sufiicicnt portion of gasoline is consumed the air again passes to the supply vessel, and a further supply is obtained; thus a uniform supply of gasoline is secured to the generating surfaces. The stop-cocks o o are then opened, the air from the essel A is forced through the tube 0 to the bottom of the vessel D, where it passes alternately to and fro, forming gas as it ascends over the surface of gasoline, and as the gas is formed it passes into the receiver B, and from the receiver through the tube n, fig. 2, to the burner. v

' Having fully described the construction aiid operation of my gas machine, what I claim as new, and desire to secure by Letters Patent, is v 1. I claim the tube 0 to supply mixed air or gas to the vessel 0, from the vessel D, connected substantiallyzas described, for the purpose set forth.

2. I claim the supply tube 0 connecting thevessels C and D, substantially as described, and for the pin- Pose set forth. 7

3. I claim arranging the supply vessel 0 within the vessel A, substantially as described.

4. I claim the construction of the generating vessel 1), with the partitions its, having bagging or other suitable material on these surfaces; the orifices k k is, giving an alternating direction to each, the air and gasoline, as described, and for the purposes'set forth;

5. I claiin the vessels A- and A, vessels Band B, the vessel 0, the vessel D, the tubes ej'g h n, the stopcocks 0 o 0 0, the Whole being constructed and combined substantially for the purposes set forth.

BARTON PICKERING.

Witnesses:

W. J MAST, JOHN STEVENS. 

